FUNDING COMPROMISE WOULD DEFUND UKRAINE: A proposed short-term funding compromise aimed at averting a government shutdown in two weeks would keep Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs spending at current levels while cutting overall discretionary spending by 8% and leaving out any new money for Ukraine.

The compromise, a meeting of the minds between the leaders of the Main Street Caucus and House Freedom Caucus, faces opposition from some House Republicans and is likely dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but it reflects a growing determination of hard-line Republicans to end military and financial support for Ukraine.